The new head of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) Howard Webb has called an emergency meeting with all officials following a weekend to forget in the Premier League.
A number of high profile errors, including numerous VAR blunders – took place in games all across the top flight as the pressure to improve the standard of officiating increased even more.
One of the biggest incident was VAR official Lee Mason’s failure to draw the correct lines to adjudge if a Brentford player was offside for their equalizer in their 1-1 draw against Arsenal on Saturday
There was more VAR drama in Crystal Palace’s draw against rivals Brighton and Hove Albion as the Seagulls were controversially denied a winning goal as the man in control at Stockley Park, John Brooks, drew the offside lines from the wrong defender.
According to the Daily Mail Webb, who returned to the UK last year has ordered all Premier League referees, assistant referees and VAR officials to meet on Tuesday with attendance rumored to be compulsory as they bid to iron out the many problems occurring.
Webb was forced to contact Arsenal and Brighton to “acknowledge significant errors in the VAR process” via the PGMOL.
Their statement added: “Both incidents, which were due to human error and related to the analysis of offside situations, are being thoroughly reviewed.”
VAR Lee Mason didn't notice Christian Nørgaard coming back from an offside position for Brentford's equaliser against Arsenal.
For that reason, offside technology wasn't applied and the goal was given.
PGMOL admit it was 'human error'.
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